Senior Scala/Java Lead Engineer - AI-Driven, Cloud-Native

Next Frontier Capital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer in the Data Platforms team within the Chief Data & Analytics Office. You will drive the engineering of metadata, meta-modelling, and distributed systems, delivering secure, scalable technology products in a cloud environment.

The role requires deep Scala/Java expertise, experience with AI-assisted development tools, and the ability to lead technical guidance across teams and vendors.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced and applied experience in Scala and Java.
• Experience with asynchronous runtimes like Cats Effect.
• Experience leading enterprise‑approved AI-assisted development tools and setting team expectations for AI outputs.

Responsibilities

• Leads engineering of metadata, meta-modelling, and distributed systems.
• Provides technical guidance to business teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Develops secure, high‑quality production code and reviews code from others.
• Drives AI-assisted coding practices, test acceleration, and release readiness with measurable validation standards.
• Acts as a subject matter expert and promotes SDLC best practices across the organization.
• Contributes to the engineering community by advocating firmwide frameworks and tools.

Skills

Scala

Java

Cats Effect

AI-assisted development

Problem solving

Independent work

Tools

AI tools suite

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer in the Data Platforms team within the Chief Data & Analytics Office. You will drive the engineering of metadata, meta-modelling, and distributed systems, delivering secure, scalable technology products in a cloud environment.

The role requires deep Scala/Java expertise, experience with AI-assisted development tools, and the ability to lead technical guidance across teams and vendors.